Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s)below

question 96

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
Suppose that you have received two job offers.Rearden Metal offers you a contract for $75,000 per year for the next two years while Wyatt Oil offers you a contract for $90,000 per year for the next two years.Both jobs are equivalent.Suppose that Rearden Metal's contract is certain,but Wyatt Oil has a 60% chance of going bankrupt at the end of the year.In the event that Wyatt Oil files for bankruptcy,it will cancel your contract and pay you the lowest amount possible for you to not quit.If you do quit,you expect you could find a new job paying $75,000 per year,but you would be unemployed for four months while searching for this new job.
-Assuming your cost of capital is 6 percent,based on the present value of your expected wage you should:

• A)accept Rearden's offer since the PV of your expected wage would be approximately $6000 higher.
• B)accept Rearden's offer since the PV of your expected wage would be approximately $8000 lower.
• C)accept Rearden's offer since the PV of your expected wage would be approximately $8000 higher.
• D)accept Wyatt's offer since the PV of your expected wage would be approximately $6000 higher.

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Definitions:

Elasticity Coefficient

A numerical measure of the responsiveness of the quantity demanded or supplied of a good to one of its determinants, like price or income.

Marginal Revenue Curve

A graphical representation showing how much additional revenue a firm will make from selling one more unit of a product or service.

Relatively Elastic

Refers to a scenario in which the demand or supply for a product or service greatly alters due to variations in its price.

Marginal Revenue

The extra revenue produced by the sale of an additional unit of a product or service.